Hi Mike,

Some years back, I had picked up one of those Sony car stereos w/sw
tuner. Decent all-around product. The model I had purchased was #
XR-4950X. Got it from that jackys.com in Dubai. I'm sure the tuner is
the same as is to be found in the XRF5100 that Brian provided the link
for. At the time that I had purchased, Sony had a number of these
models out there, and basically, the tuner internals were the same,
according to what info I was able to gather. Frequency coverage for
the model I had used was the same as this XRF5100. The gaps were kind
of annoying, but not horrendously bad: SW1 : 2940 - 7735 kHzSW2 : 9500
to 10140 kHz plus 11575 to 18135 kHz. Tunes only in 5 kHz increments.
Selectivity adequate for listening to major broadcasters. At the time
that I installed the unit, I had also installed a power line filter and
antenna line filter purchased from Crutchfield. Given that I put these
in at the same time that I installed the Sony, I can't say one way or
another if either of the line noise filter REALLY helped any. But, in
any case, reception was pretty decent for the time that I was using it.
Driving at night in the U.S. southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, there
was generally plenty to pick up: V. of Russia, China R. Int'l., V. of
Vietnam, R. Canada Int'l, R. Prague, Radio Bulgaria, R. Australia, R.
Austria, R. Taiwan Int'l, R. Havana, KBS, R. Vilnius, R. Netherlands,
R. NZ, V. of Turkey, BBC, R. Japan... Mornings could yield some
interesting stuff, too: I used to listen to R. Australia, BBC's
Caribbean service, KBS on the way to work. Also, if interested,
domestic U.S. sw broadcasters were easy to pick up.
At that time, I also had one of those C. Crane car antennas hooked up
to the car's antenna jack.

Anyway, it provided respectable performance overall, both on the
interstate and in city traffic. The car was an old one, so I guess I
didn't have to worry about computer generated noises and that sort of
thing.

MW reception was decent on the Sony, with one exception: it was
impossible to scan in any useful way (it would stop on EVERY frequency,
regardless of whether there was anything to be heard or not...perhaps
the C. Crane antenna was doing too good a job). The FM reception was
pretty decent, too; so switching over to hear Death Cab for Cutie or
the like was always an option.

Junius